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 * nthelem.cpp - Example program for rearranging a collection based on nth
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#include <algorithm>   // for swap
#include <vector>      // for vector
#include <iostream>    // for cout, endl

#include <examples.h>


template <class RandomAccessIterator>
void quik_sort (RandomAccessIterator beg, RandomAccessIterator end)
{
    const long dist = long (end - beg);

    // Stop condition for recursion.
    if (dist > 2) {
        // Use nth_element to do all the work for quik_sort.
        std::nth_element (beg, beg + (dist / 2), end);

        // Recursive calls to each remaining unsorted portion.
        quik_sort (beg, beg + (dist / 2 - 1));
        quik_sort (beg + (dist / 2 + 1), end);
    }
    else if (2 == dist && *(end - 1) < *beg)
        std::swap (beg, end);
}


int main ()
{
    typedef std::vector<int, std::allocator<int> > Vector;

    // Initialize a vector using an array of integers.
    const Vector::value_type arr[] = { 37, 12, 2, -5, 14, 1, 0, -1, 14, 32 };

    Vector v (arr, arr + sizeof arr / sizeof *arr);

    // Print the initial vector.
    std::cout << "The unsorted values are: \n     ";

    for (Vector::iterator i = v.begin (); i != v.end (); ++i)
        std::cout << *i << ", ";

    std::cout << "\n\n";

    // Use the new sort algorithm.
    quik_sort (v.begin (), v.end ());

    // Output the sorted vector.
    std::cout << "The sorted values are: \n     ";
    for (Vector::iterator j = v.begin (); j != v.end (); ++j)
        std::cout << *j << ", ";

    std::cout << "\n\n";

    return 0;
}